List of Indonesian islands by population explained

This is a list of the most populous islands in Indonesia, sorted from the highest to lowest. This list also includes the respective islands' population density as well as their most populous settlements (all of its population statistics are taken from 2014 data, unless noted as otherwise) and comparisons with other countries and territories.

Ranking	Island	Population	Province(s)	Density (/km^2)	Largest settlements	Country/territory of similar population
1	Java	151,600,000 (2020)^[1] ^[2] ^[3]		1,117	Jakarta (10,012,271)
2	Sumatra	60,100,000 (2021)^[4]		90.4	Medan (2,497,183)	Spain
3	Sulawesi	21,258,000 (2010)^[5] ^[6]		97	Makassar (1,398,801)
4	Kalimantan (Indonesian part of Borneo)	18,455,058 (2015)		28	Samarinda (842,691)	Chile
5	Papua (Indonesian part of New Guinea)	4,363,869 (2014)	Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, West Papua	9.6	Jayapura (315,872)	Ireland
6		4,220,000 (2012)^[7] ^[8]		748.7	Denpasar (856,412)	Kuwait
7		3,622,000 (2010)	East Java	700.8	Bangkalan (94,729) (2010)	Uruguay
8		3,160,000 (2010)	West Nusa Tenggara	700	Mataram (420,941)	Armenia
9	West Timor (Indonesian part of Timor)	2,016,451 (2014)^[9] ^[10]	East Nusa Tenggara	127.2	Kupang (364,014)	Latvia
10	Flores	1,831,000 (2010)	East Nusa Tenggara	135	Maumere (52,921)
11	Sumbawa	1,330,000 (2010)^[11]	West Nusa Tenggara	91.45	Bima (148,984)	Estonia
12	Batam	1,142,646 (2014)^[12]	Riau Islands	≈650	Batam (1,142,646)
13	Bangka Island	960,692 (2010)	Bangka-Belitung	82.65	Pangkal Pinang (145,945)	Fiji
14	Nias	788,132 (2014)^[13]	North Sumatra	147.8	Gunungsitoli (139,281) (2017)	Guyana
15	Sumba	685,186 (2010)	East Nusa Tenggara	61.4	Waingapu (37,459) (2013)^[14]	Solomon Islands
16	Halmahera	449,938 (2010)^[15] ^[16]	North Maluku	25.3	Tobelo (34,099) (2016)^[17]
17	Buton	447,408 (2010)	Southeast Sulawesi	101.4	Baubau (137,118) (2010)
18	Ambon Island	441,000 (2010)	Maluku	569	Ambon (368,987)
19	Seram	434,113 (2010)	Maluku	25.4	Masohi (38,735) (2012)
20	Bintan	329,659 (2010)	Riau Islands	139.39	Tanjung Pinang (204,735) (2017)	Iceland
21	Belitung	271,868 (2014)	Bangka-Belitung	56.63	Tanjung Pandan (95,136)	French Polynesia
22	Muna	268,140 (2010)	Southeast Sulawesi	92.8	Raha (53,436)
23	Tarakan	253,026 (2016)	North Kalimantan	956	Tarakan (253,026) (2016)
24	Ternate	204,215 (2014)	North Maluku	1,667	Ternate (204,215)	Samoa
25	Buru	162,828 (2010)	Maluku	17	Namlea (37,105) (2010)^[18]
26	Alor	145,299 (2010)^[19]	East Nusa Tenggara	51.9	Kalabahi (50,927) (2017)^[20]
27	Laut	140,081 (2010)	South Kalimantan	66.76		Kiribati
28	Rote	119,711 (2010)^[21]	East Nusa Tenggara	99.7	(3,047) (2010)^[22]	Aruba
29	Lembata	117,829 (2010)	East Nusa Tenggara	93	Nubatukan (33,236)
30	Biak	112,873 (2010)^[23]	Papua	51.3	(105,450)
31	Peleng	109,319 (2010)^[24]	Central Sulawesi	45.4	-	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
32	Bengkalis	108,700 (2010)^[25]	Riau	119.3	(72,961)	Grenada
33	Adonara	104,514 (2010)^[26]	East Nusa Tenggara	205.1	Lamahala Jaya (5,744) (2010)^[27]

Only Indonesian territory is counted in divided islands, which are indicated with brackets and italic text after the respective islands' name

See also

• List of Indonesian islands by area

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4. Composed of 8 provinces including minor outlying islands
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